Monthly Archives: February 2018

In our current climate of ever-changing connectivity, industry is often one of the very last to adopt and embrace new technology. There are a number of reasons why this is, and it may all seem too hard to consider change or having the time, and money to do it, however most of the time most organisations tend to play it safe.

There’s been a few occurrences where I’ve had clients that they lost their program copies and couldn’t create a copy of the program from their Panasonic PLC. However this tech-tip will show you how you CAN use the FPWinPro7 to recover a program from your Panasonic PLC that doesn’t have it in comment memory. Breathe a sigh of relief! More

From the beginning of industrial robotic history, robots have been designed to be strong and powerful to do heavy tasks and it wasn’t a good idea to be in the path of this huge and moving piece of steel. A new generation of robots are now designed to work alongside humans without fencing, they are called collaborative robots.

Infrared cameras are hot property in the PULS development department and are constantly in use. But why is it worth making all the effort of performing a thermographic analysis? It all starts with the unique ‘cool design’ of PULS devices.More

If you’re experiencing Modbus over 485 timeouts, this tip may come in handy. In this example we show you a real world example of utilising Red Lion’s Crimson communication protocols to prevent a communications issue costing a business money. More

The Crimson 3 runtime has been extended to support a system menu. This replaces the various options that were invoked by holding down specific key combinations during startup (with G3 HMIs), and provides some additional features relating to saving and restoring configuration information. More

ABB have released a variable speed drive that has been uniquely tailored for the water and wastewater industry, with industry specific features to impress you. Marketed as the ‘all-compatible’ ACQ580 drive, it hopes to simplify pumping processes and motor control whilst ensuring ‘effortless’ energy efficiency. ABB claims it can be connected to virtually any motor from induction and permanent magnet motors to synchronous reluctance motors highlighting its versatility. Let’s take a closer look…

Apart from the fact that expanding economies are unrelentingly concentrating on improving the productivity and efficiency of machines, there is an increasing need for the mining and tracking of the production data contained in those machines and using it for an efficient business that is more profitable. The way supervisors, operators and business owners use their equipment to interface is changing as quickly as the devices themselves.

Preventing enclosure overheating in the summer can be a challenge for many factories, where temperatures can rise fast during hot days! The high temperatures are often the cause of overheating of electrical components located inside the enclosures reducing their lifespan, while also contributing to downtime and repairs.